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My daughter was only two years old when she first verbally expressed love and understanding for her Daddy. Little Dana was watching her father mop up the soaked carpet in the church hallway. He had dropped by the church building to pick up some things and found another septic tank overflow. "What a mess," he said, angrily, and started the all-too familiar chore of cleaning up. Dana asked a few questions and got short, curt replies. She heard a couple sighs of exasperation as her father, the pastor of the church, tried to keep from cursing up one side and down the other at the old, rundown building that took so much of his time in maintenance and repairs. Despite his responses toward her, Dana's tiny heart went out to her frustrated...

Every day, many thoughts pop into your mind – some of which are true, and some of which are lies. That mix of thoughts sounds like a chatterbox, creating incessant noise that can interfere with your ability to clearly hear God’s voice speaking to you. If you let deceptive thoughts distract you from God’s messages, you can fall victim to insecurity, fear, condemnation, and discouragement. The key to overcoming those unhealthy attitudes is crashing the chatterbox regularly so you can hear God’s voice above all others. Here’s how you can do so: Recognize the spiritual importance of your thoughts. The battle between good and evil that’s constantly taking place in this fallen world infiltrates your mind. While the Holy Spirit...

Our Relationship to God In Matthew 22:37 Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." There are various ways of showing God that we love Him. Our worship and praise can put our love into words said directly to Him. But we should also show our love. "Now ... listen to what the Lord your God demands of you: Have reverence for the Lord and do all that he commands. Love him, serve him with all your heart, and obey all his laws" Deuteronomy 10:12 13). "But whoever obeys his word is the one whose love for God has really been made perfect" (I John 2:5). If we want to show our love to God, we will follow the instructions He gives us in His Word. Another way to show our love to God is by...

Wow, this really hits home with me today! What a word! I hope this encourages you all as much as it did me! Scroggymommy5 aka Theresa We Trust Because He Loves If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is. 2 Timothy 2:13 (NLT) Shortly after I decided to continue honoring my dead marriage and continue trusting in God’s restorative powers, I felt extremely convicted to share this decision (as well as my faith and hope in God) with my family and friends. It was definitely not something I wanted to do, but since the conviction just wouldn’t leave me alone, I eventually decided to do so. I spent many a terrified afternoon sharing and explaining my position and my faith in God with both Christians and...

Hello all, I am praying that God makes himself real for you and your spouse this week as we approach Valentines day. Trust me I know how hard it can be being without your spouse on any holiday or any day for that matter. Valentines day is a day to show the ones you love just how much you love them, but how do we show someone we love them when they have no outward desire to see it? Well if your spouse is like mine they are closed off to anything that resembles love coming from you so no matter what we do physically for them we won't see the reaction we want to see as standers. So I will ask again what can we do to show them we love them? The answer is simple we pray for them and continue to have faith in God and not give up on our...

This has been weighing on my mind for sometime and now after a number of confirmations I believe God is trying to say something. I would like all standers to fast with me for not just your own marriage but for all marriages where there is a stander praying for a restored marriage. In the book of Esther we see how powerful fasting can be, and how God acknowledges our sacrifice and dedication when we deny our flesh and follow our Lord and seek Him full hearted. If you are reading this and not a stander for your marriage I would also like to invite you to this fast to pray that God will heal all marriages according to His word, knowing that He hates divorce. Please leave a comment with your name your spouses name (first names only) and if...

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IT’S ALL RIGHT One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. She said to her husband, "I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let's make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us." 2 Kings 4: 8-10 This Lord’s Day may you remember the story in the Bible that shows us a woman of faith in a dire crisis in her life. May you learn from her example to always go to the Lord for His divine intervention for any problems that you are facing today. This woman was wealthy and had the gift of hospitality. Elisha wanted to...

Psalm 139 tells us how well God knows each of us. He knows our coming and our going. He knows every detail of our life. He knew us when we were being formed in the darkness of our Mother's wombs.....even before our Mothers knew us, he knew our existence. God knows you by name....he can count the number of hairs on your head. The same creator who made the universe and all the stars in the sky made you!! And think about the details of the human body......it is something only a Mighty Creator could design in every detail. God makes no mistakes. He has a purpose and a plan for everyone of us. He designed each of us for a reason. None of us are here by chance. Life can get hard on this earth. There are disappointments, heartaches, heart...

This is a wonderful and powerful article written by a Pastor who truly understands the Power in the Blood of Jesus Christ! To truly soak this in and believe it down in our very beings, is to be truly liberated! How powerful this weapon that The Lord has equipped us with! I hope this helps you in your stand! Scroggymommy5 aka Theresa THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS POWERFUL By Wayne Camp I come before you to set forth some reasons WHY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS POWERFUL. Down through the ages many gallons of blood were shed in the sacrifices offered up by the people of God. In none of that blood and in all of that blood combined, there was not the power that was in the blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Men have shed their blood, but...